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antinomy

antinomy Antinomy is a logical contradiction between two accepted principles, or between conclusions that are both correctly drawn from premises with equal claim to objective validity.

Antinomy is a logical contradiction between two accepted principles, or between conclusions that are both correctly drawn from premises with equal claim to objective validity. In philosophy, especially in Kant’s usage, it refers to the conflict reason encounters when it tries to give a complete systematic account of the cosmos as a determinate whole.